Class Angiospermae (Noun)
Meaning
Comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta).
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Theiospermae is a class that consists of a wide variety of flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary.
- In plant classification systems, Angiospermae is an obsolete class that now is replaced by division or class Magnoliophyta.
- Several recent formal classification systems place Angiospermae with the ranks of a classther than a division of flowering plants.
- According to recent botanical classification Angiosperme is commonly known as the flowering or seed plants or sometimes called Magnoliophyta.
- The Angiospermae is a group of flowering plants that are more economically important than any other class of plants.